Paul Rubin wrote:
"Martin P. Hellwig" <martin.hell...@dcuktec.org> writes:
Is there an advantage using shifts and masks over my kitchen type solution?

Weren't you complaining about the 8-to-1 expansion from turning each bit
to an ascii char?

Yes you are (of course) right, my 'dream' solution would be something that accepts slice indeces on bit level. Your reasoning did reveal some flaws in my approach though ;-)

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